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APPLICATION FILED SEPT-29.1916.

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v GEORGE CRISPELL, 0F ALBANY, NEW ,YORK.

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To all whom it may concern.

' Be it known that -I, GEORGE V. CRIsPELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at the city of Albany, in the county ofAlbany and State of New York, have 1nvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stills, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to stills, and the object of my invention is toprovide a simple, inexpensive device for distilling water particularlyuseful for furnishing distilled water for electric batteries, andadapted to be placed in a garage and connected up with a waterreservoir, with means for supplying a limited amount of Water which maybe quickly converted into steam, condensing the steam in a lead linedchamber; together with such other elements and combinations as arehereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

I accomplish these objects bymeans of the apparatus illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical section.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of my invention.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The necessity for having distilled water in an electric battery is wellknown, but because of lack of facilities for readily obtaining it,sometimes undistilled water is used with great injury to the battery. Ihave invented a simple and inexpensive, but very effective distillingapparatus, which will act readily because very little water is placedover the fire, and my arrangement for condensation is so convenient,works so quickly and requires so little knowledge that it can besuccessfully operated by the most inexperienced person.

An airtight container, A, holds the water' and near the bottom is atube, B, communicating with the steamer, C, the water. passing from thebottom of the container,

A, to the bottom of the steamer, C. Near the upper part of thereceptacle, A, I place one end of the pipe, D, the other end, d, of thepipe entering the steamer, C, above the tube, B. When the water from thecontainer, A, fills the portion, 03, of thepipe, D, it shuts off theflow from the container, A, stopping thefiow of air to the top of thecontainer. When the water in the steamer, C, gets below the top of theportion, d, the water will again fiow into the steamer Specification ofLetters Fatent.

Patented July 3, 191%.

through the tube, B, until it reaches the height of the portion, d. Thusthe water is automatically furnished in sufficient quantity. Thesteamer, C, above that portion thereof which contains the water, isprovided with converging Walls, E, E, extending a considerable distanceabove the water and then bent to form a stack-shaped portion, F,projecting into the condensing chamber, G. Above the stack, F, andpreferably secured to it by the straps, g, I arrange a baffle plate, H,against which the steam admitted from the stack, F, will impinge and bedirected into the chamber, G, as shown by arrows in Fig. 1.

The condensing chamber, G, is preferably lined with lead along thesides, topand bottom and has at one end thereof a discharge opening, J.Above the chamber, G, I ar range the cold water receptacle, K, held inposition by means of suitable bands, L, L, secured to the upright posts,M, M, and also supported by the lower wall, P, of the condensing chamberwhich is connected with the exterior Wall of the cooling chamber, whichwall rests upon a collar, R, around the stack, F. The posts, M, M, aresecured by the bolts, 0, O, or in any suitable manher, to the base ofthe steamer. Water may be supplied to the receptacle,vK, through theinlet, 1, and be discharged through the outlet, 2, although I often usethe receptacle Without any outlet or inlet, simply pour the water intothe top of the receptacle. Beneath the steamer, C, I place a suitableburner, N.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The water'having been placed in the con tainer, A, and filling thebottom of the steamer, C, is quickly heated and the steam arisingtherefrom passes into the condensing chamber, G. There it condenses and,be cause of coming in contact with the cold surfaces of the chamber andbeing condensed, passes out the discharge, J. The fact of the condensingchamber being lined with connected with the fire or heating apparatus,its lower as well as its upper walls being separated from metallicconnection with the burner and provided with a large surface in contactwith the air, therefore condenses the steam quickly.

My apparatus is simple in its construction,

it can be made very inexpensively and is to secure by Letters Patent is:

An automatically-operated still comprising an air-tight container forundist-illed water; a steamer of larger diameter than the container; atube provided with a small bore connecting the; bottom of the steamerwith the bottom of the container; a pipe connecting the top of thecontainer with the lower part of the steamer; said steamer provided withconverging walls; a stack projecting from the top of the convergingwalls; a condensing chamber with which the stack registers; and acooling chamber adjacent to the condensing chamber, substantially asdesired.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE WV. CRISPELL. lVitnesses:

FREDERICK lV. CAMERON, BEULAH CABLE.

